| Our mission | The Institute’s mission is to advance applied research and ecological literacy through community engagement and agency partnerships to support national parks, forests, open spaces and public lands. |
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Great Basin Institute
| How you help | The International Conservation Volunteer Exchange is a volunteer and internship program for international participants who wish to collaborate with American professionals on natural resource projects on public lands throughout the American West and abroad. |
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| About us | The Great Basin Institute is an interdisciplinary field studies organization that promotes environmental research, education, and conservation throughout the West. Founded in 1998 at the University of Nevada, the Institute’s mission is to advance applied research and ecological literacy through community engagement and agency partnerships to support national parks, forests, open spaces and public lands. GBI is a member of the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), a multi-agency collective that brings together researchers, tribes, universities, federal, state and local governments, and non-governmental organizations to address and protect the natural and cultural resources essential to sustaining our health and quality of life. |
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'; GBI Receives $160,000 for Nation’s First Recreation Trail Building School: https://www.thegreatbasininstitute.org/gbi-receives-160000-for-nations-first-recreation-trail-building-school/
Our #PhotoFriday feature this week is from Madison Geisser, an @AmeriCorps member working with the Forest Service as a weeds technician in Wells, NV. She submitted to our "still life" photo contest, but she points out that stillness is just the matter of a given moment. (1/2)
UPDATE 10/11 - Throughout NV, all individuals, regardless of vaccination status are required to wear face coverings indoors or while in crowded outdoor settings. In line with Emergency Directive 045, NV is automatically adopting the latest CDC guidance related to masks. (1)
Yesterday, GBI’s staff met at the Galena Creek Visitor Center to discuss the past year and to develop plans and strategies for 2022. In addition to being a fruitful tactical meeting in which the team talked about the Institute’s strengths and where we can improve… (1/2)
Sure they know their various disciplines well, but our field personnel also have a way with a camera, as their submissions to our September media contest show. Visit our website for a gallery of some of the best. https://www.thegreatbasininstitute.org/gbi-media-contest-september-2021-submissions/